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SON OF THE SUN: as related by Thor Heyerdahl, the writer who made the raft and saile dit from Peru to soem Polynesian islands in the late 1940s, Kon-Tiki was the name of either a Peruvian or Polynesian creator/god. His name translates as "son of the sun," meaning being a descendant of the sun itself. With Lucas coming up with that "Son of the Suns" aspect to the Journal of the Whills idea he had, perhaps that was its origin.

"I went to Star Wars Celebration VII in Anaheim, and I didn't get even a lousy t-shirt."

Came across one today that I haven't heard before:
Anyone know if this is true?

Wiki also mentions it:

I don't know if it can be verified, except by Lucas himself, because it depends on the map used. Yes, maps use letter-number X-Y axis grids, but was it a Modesto map? A central CA one? One from a post office zip code map? It sounds cool, but I find it dubious.

Note: Wikipedia is Latin for "I don't know, I'm making this up as I go," therefore that's where the Indy line came from.

"I went to Star Wars Celebration VII in Anaheim, and I didn't get even a lousy t-shirt."

You ever notice we have the origin for R2's name all the time and never for 3PO? I don't buy this Post Office thing right now, it sounds very much like an internet rumor/hoax. There's no mention of it in Rinzler's Making of Star Wars, and he added a new twist on R2's name pointing out it was in early drafts because the reference was from when Lucas was making American Graffiti. Any source (beyond Wiki) would be really cool though.

Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.

"In Brooklyn, a castle, is where dwell I"

The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.

WAMPA: Apparently, in the Indian wars of the pre-USA years of the 17th century, there was a tribe called the Wampanoag (in fact, they were the Native Americans who met the Pilgrims in the famous Thanksgiving of '21 gathering). Another tribe was the Pequot, which became the name of the ship in Melville's Moby Dick (the Pequod), which had a character named Queeqeg, which could be the genesis of Weequay, a member of a skiff (small craft) of Jabba.

Oh yeah!

"I went to Star Wars Celebration VII in Anaheim, and I didn't get even a lousy t-shirt."